New research published in the journal Nature suggests that the prints, discovered in Tanzania in 1976, were left by an unidentified hominin, or early human ancestor, more than 3.6 million years ago.
[more]Michael Butler Brown (EEES 2019) featured in NY Times for his work on skeletal dysplasia (dwarfism) in giraffes. Ciara Kernan's recent paper in Biology Letters was highlighted in The Journal of Experimental Biology. Link.
[more]This past fall I had the opportunity to join the Rutgers University Department of Anthropology Lab for MicroArchaeology (ALMA) as visiting scientist. I worked directly with ALMA PI, Dr. Dan Cabanes, one of the leading world experts in phytolith analysis and FTIR, to learn both of these key methods as well as a range of other (micro)archaeological science methods.
[more]Kathy Cottingham is named an AAAS Fellow. Link. Keith Fritschie has accepted a position as Upper Delaware Habitat Restoration Program Coordinator for Trout Unlimited.
[more]Hi EEES Crew! I just got back from an amazing two-week summer course on animal acoustic communication hosted by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). This course is offered every other year to PhD students from across the globe. For 10 years now, bioacoustics experts from SDU and elsewhere have come together to provide students with training in both marine and terrestrial animal acoustics research. Before attending, I had heard that the course was known for being good, and I was not disappointed.
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